Pictures: Driving skills course

Learning to control a skid

Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis

Hayden Hutzell, 17, of Ellicott City, learns the mechanics of how to control a skid by driving in a car equipped with special oversized castor wheels between the rear tires that safely simulates a skid at slow speeds. The Ford "Driving Skills for Life" instructors explain a technique for handling skids called CPR: correct, pause and recover.

Hayden Hutzell, 17, of Ellicott City, learns the mechanics of how to control a skid by driving in a car equipped with special oversized castor wheels between the rear tires that safely simulates a skid at slow speeds. The Ford "Driving Skills for Life" instructors explain a technique for handling skids called CPR: correct, pause and recover. (Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis)

Hayden Hutzell, 17, of Ellicott City, who has her driver's license, experiences the impairment of D.U.I by driving with special goggles that replicate having a .25% blood alcohol level.

Hayden Hutzell, 17, of Ellicott City, who has her driver's license, experiences the impairment of D.U.I by driving with special goggles that replicate having a .25% blood alcohol level. (Baltimore Sun photo by Amy Davis)